Dental professionals see many patients a day and provide a variety of different procedures requiring them to use specific body movements and positions for long periods of time. This increases the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among dentists and if chronic and severe, can in some instances reduce the longevity of a clinician’s dental career. Many dental professionals accept that in the realm of health and wellbeing, prevention is always better than a cure. In this article, concepts of dental ergonomics and stretching will be discussed to allow dental professionals to practise with greater ergonomic safety and prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders from occurring and ensure longevity in a dental career.